{christina's maternity}

I love doing maternity sessions with the father and an older child; it's so beautiful to see the whole family so excited to grow! I just got to do that this weekend with Christina and her family as they prepare for their little boy, due Feb. 10th.

Haley is excited to be a big sister; she's always giving Cameron kisses. And, of course, David is excited to be a father to his first son as well. The whole family is ready for the arrival and they were all glowing on Saturday. Christina did a wonderful job, trying out the things I asked of her without complaint.

Congratulations to the happy family, I can't wait to meet the little angel! Here are a couple of your photos, I hope you like them! :)

♥ Elly B ♥

{desiree's maternity}

My very best friend, Ms Desiree, is on her second baby and everyone's so excited! She's due in early January but we all expect him to arrive in December - the sooner the better!

Anyway, we had her shower two weekends back and we had her maternity photos this weekend. We were at Venetian Gardens and for once it all looked like fall! Florida was so beautiful to us this weekend! I'll share a few photos here now.

I hope you all have a great week!! Don't forget about my giveaway for a free photo session - that ends tomorrow night at midnight!

♥ Elly B ♥

{alexis' maternity}

Firstly, I'd like to thank you all so much for your support and remind you that when I reach 500 fans on my facebook page I'll be giving away a free photo session as a thank you! I'm so grateful for everything you all have helped me with all year, I can't say thank you enough!

In the work department, I got to do another set of maternity photos this weekend for Miss Alexis - such a cute mommy-to-be! Alexis is due December 2nd for her first boy, to be named Chance William Lafate, but if he has his way he might make an early appearance! I'll close this with a few of my favorite photos until I can get the rest edited! I hope you all have a great week! :)

♥ Elly B ♥

{linda's portraits}

This was such a fun photo shoot! We intended it originally to be a maternity shoot for Linda's first daughter, due November 15. It turned into basically a family portrait session, for the most part. I got some amazing shots of her sons Jayden, 2, and Zachery, 1. The more photos of children I take, the more I absolutely love doing it!

It was also much harder to do a photo shoot (and edit the photos after, of course!) with a broken finger than I'd anticipated! It's still kind of fun to wear my finger splint so I don't mind much, ha!

I don't have much else to say about the photos except that I'm really happy with how they came out. I can't wait to meet Baby Girl Jones (her name is going to be a surprise to all of us!) next month! :)

♥ Elly B ♥

{cassondra's maternity photos}

Last weekend I had three photo shoots and I finally finished editing the last of them tonight, finishing with Cassie's maternity photos! We had loads of fun - I love how easy it is to really get "into" it when a session begins! I am particularly in love with this session though because we had the advantage of the sun setting on the lake with no obstructions. I love sunsets and what you can do with the photos. Cassie should have her little man at the end of October. So here are a few favorites from the shoot!

♥ Elly B ♥

{amanda's maternity photos}

This Saturday, I had a photo shoot with Amanda for her baby! She's having a boy, Uriyeh, due on October 10th. She's been having some contractions quite a bit lately so he'll likely be here a little early! We had a good time and I'm so excited to do his newborn photos. I don't really have much else to say, so I'll post a couple of the photos here now, and I'll update the rest on Facebook and my website by the end of the week!

Congratulations, Amanda!!

♥ Elly B ♥